gentry's mill

Stardance Update from Sew'n Wild Oaks Quilting Blog

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I have so many fun things planned for the day that it's hard to decide what to do next. I've been playing around with Stardance in EQ8. This is what I decided on yesterday.....that could change today.....but I'm really liking this look of the well-defined star blocks dancing around the quilt.

This is what the design looked like before I started to play. The blocks were cut off and I think they looked incomplete. To remedy that, I made half-blocks to put in the border.

I keep adding to my little pile of ...

added by Lynn 1 day, 12 hours ago. under gentry's mill , stardance

Stardance from Sew'n Wild Oaks Quilting Blog

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I've been working on a new design, and I have a nice little assortment of blocks for Stardance. This is a snapshot of what I'm working on in EQ software.

This is what the actual block looks like. I love that what I see in EQ software is very similar to the real block.

This is a snapshot of another block in the quilt in EQ. The block placement in the quilt determines the framing around the block.

This is the actual block.

I'm combining my Gentry's Mill fabric line with my Hearthstone fabric ...

added by Lynn 6 days, 15 hours ago. under eq software , gentry's mill , hearthstone , stardance

Gentry's Mill is Starting Soon from Sew'n Wild Oaks Quilting Blog

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Coming to a quilt store near you.....Gentry's Mill BOM from Marcus Fabrics.

Both the quilt and the fabric line are called Gentry's Mill. When we were driving back from Quilt Market in Houston in 2023, I saw a road sign that said, 'Gentry's Mill', and I thought that's a great name for a quilt.....and here she is. I always keep a notebook with me to write down ideas as they come to me, because I know I'm going to forget it in a nanosecond!

The quilt above the bed is my ...

added by Lynn 1 week, 3 days ago. under gentry's mill , marcus fabrics

Stardance Quilt from Sew'n Wild Oaks Quilting Blog

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Thank you all for your input about the organizational sheet that I'm going to start including in my patterns. I used it while making the first four blocks for my new Stardance pattern. The stars will dance their way across the quilt.

I'm going to make 40 blocks in 10 different colorways. This is a picture of the first four blocks.

I took your suggestions to heart and reconfigured the organizational sheet to make it less busy. I used it while making the blocks and got a great deal of satisfaction checking off the components after ...

added by Lynn 1 week, 6 days ago. under gentry's mill , hearthstone , stardance

Sew'n Wild Oaks Happenings from Sew'n Wild Oaks Quilting Blog

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Marcus Fabrics just sent me the full-page ad, which is going to run in Creative Spark, the online arm of CT Publishing. I LOVE it!

It was a very busy week under the pines at Sew'n Wild Oaks. Between Thanksgiving and the arrival of my granddaughter with all of her video equipment to film the tutorials for The Quilt Show, things were hopping around here.

Here are a few photos of the filming of the videos in my jam-packed sewing room.

We also did some filming outside and took pictures of the entire Laurel Ridge quilt. This ...

added by Lynn 1 month, 2 weeks ago. under gentry's mill , laurel ridge the quilt show tqs

Weekly Update from Sew'n Wild Oaks Quilting Blog

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I've decided to just do weekly updates on my activities on my Sew'n Wild Oaks blog. This week has been a busy one, so what else is new? I'm thoroughly cleaning the cabin as my granddaughter arrives the day after Thanksgiving to record my videos for The Quilt Show (TQS). I put tutorials together for those making the Laurel Ridge BOM.

I have one corner of my sewing room clean and tidy. The quilt hanging is called Grammy Squares, and it is available in my Etsy shop.

I love my little mail sorter which I ...

added by Lynn 1 month, 4 weeks ago. under gentry's mill , tqs

Gentry's Mill Flimsy from Sew'n Wild Oaks Quilting Blog

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Almost a month has passed since my previous post, and it's time to update you on the recent happenings at Sew'n Wild Oaks beneath the pines.

Over the past week, I've brought the Gentry's Mill quilt to its flimsy stage. Devoting two entire days to the borders, they truly serve as the icing on this quilted cake.

I organized a retreat at Snowflake Lodge during the first week of November. The attendees were a group of incredibly talented and fun-loving quilters. We had an amazing time!

Right before the retreat, I was a vendor ...

added by Lynn 2 months, 1 week ago. under gentry's mill marcus fabrics bom , gentry's mill , november retreat

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